Category: DESIGN & Inspiration
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I've been saving a collection of handmade papers that my friend Scott Waterman gave me for my birthday about 4 years ago, waiting for them to speak to me, to tell me what they wanted to be used for. At last they said, "Light me up!" So I made a custom lampshade with them. I…
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I just discovered 29 year-old self-taught interior designer Ryan Korban – while procrastinating my barn renovation project! Of Lebanese lineage, his journey took him from Quaker school in Pennsylvania as a boy, to NY's New School as a young adult where he studied Art History and Drama. While there he connected with fashion designer Alexander Wang who was…
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Author Joan Didion once said she believed in using the good silver every day, because "every day is all there is." It's in that spirit I'd like to embolden you to take some creative liberty and adorn yourself, any day, not just the holidays. header from Carla S. Foxe's Facebook page The Art of…
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I felt like writing a special letter. Something completely in contrast with the modern mode. So I decided to stitch a letter. At first I tried it out on paper (click on photos to enlarge): I love the embossed paper but it wasn't quite sturdy enough to hold up to more than…
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Here's a great DIY project. This map decoupage coffee table is at the Firefly Café in Santa Cruz, California: It looks great even when it gets worn around the edges: Now that I think about it, I'm going to do this treatment on young Marcel's headboard. If we get tired of it or…
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Now that it's summer and flowers abound I'm happy to get reacquainted with old faces. I mean old vases. Pulling them off of the high shelves and back corners of my cupboards. Liberating them to help show off the bounty of the season. Yippee! I was browsing over on Etsy and found some really delightful…
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emma's stove I have a wonderful new design job in the San Francisco area set in a 1920s Spanish Mediterranean house. I was describing the style of my work process to the client — "I don't decide on a fixed design with plans and drawings right from the start. I work in a much more…
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Browsing around the web I found lots of fun mod Christmas designs. On the San Francisco Craig's List I found these two shimmery aluminum trees. They're the kind that come with a revolving multi-colored floor light: Pom Pom detail of second tree: Here's a mid century modern gingerbread house, originally offered at Williams-Sonoma, but…
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I love the look of wide plank floorboards painted white. Everything floats on them. Of course the white walls here are part of what makes this look so ethereal. Brown wood pieces feel especially rich with this backdrop and colors just swim in it. Beautiful for the bed… Beautiful for the…
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